13. The healthy development of children depends on parents and other adults for necessary guidance and direction, in line with children’s evolving capacities, to assist their growth towards responsible life in society.
| Year | 2007 |
| Topic | Other Health-related issues |
| Document Type | General Recommendations |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | N/A |
| Human Rights Comiteee | CRC |
| Human Rights | Right to health Right to adequate standard of living |
| Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, General comment no. 8 - The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruelor degrading forms of punishment, CRC/C/GC/8, (2007). Par. 13. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2fC%2fGC%2f8&Lang=en
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